CER Chair

Libor Lochman

CER Executive Director

Violeta Bulc

EU Commissioner for Transport

63 members

+ 10 partners

Voluntary commitments

European rail social partners decide to prepare negotiations on the topic ‘women in rail’, to start in 2019.

CER Developments

January 2018- adoption by the European Parliament of its position on the 2030 targets for energy efficiency and renewable energy.

February 2018- reform of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for the period 2021-2030 passed by the European Parliament and Council of the EU.

March 2018- publication by the European Commission of its ‘Action Plan on Military Mobility’.

April 2018- adoption by the European Parliament of the Climate Action Regulation (CAR), also known as the Effort Sharing Regulation, Europe’s tool to reduce the climate impact of sectors not covered by the EU ETS.

May 2018

- publication by the European Commission of its package of proposals for the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF): ‘A Modern Budget for a Union that protects, empowers and defends’.

- formal adoption by the Council of the EU of binding annual GHG emission reduction targets for EU Member States from 2021 to 2030.

- publication by the European Commission of the ‘Third Mobility Package’, which includes the proposal for a Regulation on electronic freight transport information.

June 2018

- vote of the European Parliament in favour of an initiative to give young people free Interrail tickets to discover the EU.

- publication by the European Commission of an EU action plan to improve the security of rail passengers and staff.

July 2018- adoption by the EP TRAN Committee of its report on the Commission proposal amending the Combined Transport Directive 92/106/EEC.

October 2018- vote of the European Parliament on the revision of Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of road vehicles, moving towards wider application of the user- and polluter-pays principles.

November 2018

- vote of the European Parliament on the revision of Regulation 1371/2007 on rail passengers’ rights.

- publication by the European Commission of its Communication ’A clean planet for all – A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy’.

December 2018

- vote of the European Parliament in favour of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and the commitment to invest in greening and modernising transport.

- adoption by the EP JURI Committee of its report on the proposal for a Directive on collective redress.

- adoption of the Council Progress Report on the proposal for a Regulation on electronic freight transport information.